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bilimbi

bilimbi noun: a tree, Averrhoa bilimbi, related to the carambola.

bilimbi: a tree, Averrhoa bilimbi, related to the carambola
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Noun

bilimbi (plural bilimbis)

  1. A tree, Averrhoa bilimbi, related to the carambola.
  2. The fruit of the tree.

bilimbi meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Tagalog

bilimbi in Tamil

கொச்சித் தமரத்தை, புளிச்சைக்காய், புளிச்சைக்காய் மரம்

bilimbi in Bengali

Averrhoa bilimbi
বিলিম্বি bilimbi

bilimbi in Malayalam

bilimbi, Averrhoa bilimbi, small tropical tree with sour cylindrical fruits
ഇലുമ്പി ilumpi

bilimbi in Tagalog

Averrhoa bilimbi
kamyas
More languagesFewer languages
bilimbi in Malay
belimbing sayur
bilimbi in Indonesian
belimbing buluh
bilimbi in Thai
ตะลิงปลิง dtà-ling-bpling
Dhivehi
ބިލިމަގު bilimagu

Forms of bilimbi

pluralbilimbis
alternative formbilimbing
alternative formblimbing

Origin of bilimbi

From Averrhoa bilimbi, from Malay belimbing (“star fruit”).

Questions about bilimbi

What does bilimbi mean?
Bilimbi means a tree, Averrhoa bilimbi, related to the carambola.
What is bilimbi in Tamil?
Bilimbi in Tamil is கொச்சித் தமரத்தை, புளிச்சைக்காய், புளிச்சைக்காய் மரம். See Bilimbi meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bilimbi?
Bilimbi is a noun.
What is the plural of bilimbi?
The plural of bilimbi is bilimbis.

Words near bilimbi in the dictionary

  1. biliferous
  2. bilifuscin
  3. biligand
  4. biligands
  5. biligenesis
  6. bilimbi
  7. bilimbing
  8. bilimbings
  9. bilimbis
  10. biliment
  11. biliments

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bilimbi (page history and authors); bilimbi (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ഇലുമ്പി (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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